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"I am looking for a fiction book that came out between 1988 and 1992. It involved a man who was sent to rescue and protect a woman. One of the other characters is initially his enemy but becomes his friend. This character is Asian. The main character keeps having dreams of the Asian character getting his head cut off. This later happens at towards the end of the book. The cover of the book had a Japanese sword on it. The last word of the book is protect The cover of the book had a samurai sword or Asian sword on it."